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Sidle vs Sile - What's the difference?

sidle | sile |

As nouns the difference between sidle and sile

is that sidle is a sideways movement while sile is a column; pillar.

As verbs the difference between sidle and sile

is that sidle is to move sideways while sile is to strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.

As a proper noun Sile is

an alternative spelling of Sheila|lang=en.

sidle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sideways movement.
  • A furtive advance.
  • Verb

    (sidl)
  • To move sideways.
  • To advance in a furtive, coy or unobtrusive manner.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VIII , passage=At an early point in these exchanges I had started to sidle' to the door, and I now ' sidled through it, rather like a diffident crab on some sandy beach trying to avoid the attentions of a child with a spade.}}

    Derived terms

    * sidle up

    See also

    * crablike

    References

    sile

    English

    Proper noun

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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